For years now, the smartphone mobile operating system has been fully dominated by just two players – Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) with iOS, and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) with Android. However, there are gathering signs that Android may soon by gutted from within by one of its principle users – … [Read more...]
Samsung documents – death of Steve Jobs offered chance to attack Apple (AAPL)
Numerous secrets have been laid bare during the course of the latest legal struggle between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung Electronics, the latest being an internal Samsung email unveiled today. This email shows that Samsung viewed the death of Steve Jobs in 2011 as an … [Read more...]
Samsung designer’s testimony attempts to scoff Apple’s (AAPL) slide-to-unlock proof out of court
Samsung's task in defeating Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the current suit against it is a formidable one, given how many of its own internal document explicitly state that the iPhone should be copied as closely as possible. Today, Youngmi Kim, a UI designer from Samsung, testified … [Read more...]
Leaked battery photo could mean Apple (AAPL) plans July iPhone 6 release, French site claims
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is highly skilled at stirring the flames of speculation about its upcoming releases to fever pitch, mostly by remaining silent and keeping most of its plans top secret. Today, a blurry photograph released by a French website, claiming to be a picture of iPhone … [Read more...]
Hong Kong paper, Ta Kung Pao, claims Apple Inc. (AAPL) has finalized three iWatch parts suppliers
More weight was given to the rumors about the Q3 release of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iWatch wearable device by an article that appeared in Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong based paper, this morning. The article (available here in Chinese Simplified only) describes three firms that have been … [Read more...]
Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iOS leaps ahead of Google’s Android in the new world of beacons
Though not as spectacular an area of news as tablets, "phablets," and smartphones, the wireless beacon market is rapidly expanding, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) appears to have a clear – not to say massive – competitive advantage over its competitor Google in this regard. The iBeacon … [Read more...]
Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) OS X and iOS prove immune to security-wrecking Heartbleed bug
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) various operating systems, including both iOS and OS X, have thus far lived up to their carefully cultivated reputation for invulnerability as the Heartbleed bug exacts a toll on Windows machines. Heartbleed is a bug that has been latently present in OpenSSL … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) files strange patent application for ‘Building’ – a cylindrical all-glass building design
On Thursday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) filed an unusual patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) simply entitled "Building." This document describes a process for making a cylindrical, tower-like building entirely out of glass, except for a few … [Read more...]
Outlandish rumors circulate about Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iWatch
The iWatch is likely the most feature rich electronics device ever planned, if one heeds the amazingly confident predictions that many analysts make regarding Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartwatch. This is all the more remarkable because nobody from the Cupertino electronics firm has … [Read more...]
Analyst Ming Chi Kuo claims Apple Inc. (AAPL) iWatch will cost ‘thousands of dollars’
Ming Chi Kuo, a noted analyst at KGI Securities, is making grandiose claims today about the rumored iWatch that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is allegedly on the brink of launching. The sweeping, detailed predictions that Mr. Kuo provides include a battery of new technologies, a laundry … [Read more...]
Will Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) mouse-and-keyboard conservatism give it an edge against Windows
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), according to an interview with several key figures that Macworld carried out for the California electronics giant's 30th year in business, intends to keep a clear, sharp division between iOS and OS X into the visible future. Craig Federighi, Apple's software … [Read more...]
Patent troll seeks royalty payments on every Apple Inc. (AAPL) product made since 2004
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was targeted yesterday by a lawsuit from patent assertion entity (PAE) Innovative Display Technologies LLC, registered in Austin, Texas and doing business from an office in Plano. Innovative, which is a newly minted firm founded on March 13th, 2013, has spent … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) wins proximity server patent, possibly iBeacon crucial
Among a bundle of 50 patents that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today and published on their site, one stands out as possibly protecting a crucial part of the new iBeacon system. This patent, Patent #US008694676, entitled … [Read more...]
65 million iWatches may be in the pipeline for Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) seems likely to launch the iWatch smartwatch in the near future, assuming that the entire product is not vaporware being overblown by enthusiastic analysts and Apple fans. Today, the Economic Daily News of China claimed that 65 million iWatches are in the … [Read more...]
New report: Apple Inc. (AAPL) benefits from sales synergy between iPhones, iPads
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is compared to its rivals in a fresh report issued today by Kantar Worldpanel, and found to have an objective sales advantage thanks to the unique relationship between its iPhone and iPad devices. It was also discovered by those compiling the report that people who … [Read more...]
Top brands use Apple Inc. (AAPL) iBeacons with inMarket platform
Major product brands have begun advertising and offering membership discounts and similar promotions directly to shoppers, using the inMarket platform for Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iBeacons. This process, which is known as "Mobile to Mortar," or "M2M" (with "mortar" referring to the … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) hosts lottery for World Wide Developer Conference tickets
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) eagerly anticipated World Wide Developer Conference, or WWDC, is slated to occur between June 2nd and June 6th this year, an announcement this morning revealed. This immensely popular event enables developers who make us of the iOS and Mac ecosystems to … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) lauded by Greenpeace for environmental initiatives
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today earned guarded praise from Greenpeace, which previously excoriated the Cupertino electronics firm for not living up to its lofty green ideals. The influential environmental organization rates companies on a letter-grade basis borrowed from American … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) bids stunning $479 million for 55% share of chipmaker Renesas SP Drivers
In a bold and startling move, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) offered close to half a billion dollars today for a 55% controlling interest in Renesas SP Driver. The dramatic bid was tendered to the current holder of the stock, parent company Renesas Electronics, a Japanese firm. If the offer … [Read more...]
April 23rd we get to see if Apple Inc. (AAPL) beat guidance of $44 billion
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced today that its second quarter earnings report for 2014 will be issued on April 23rd. The conference call giving the earnings details will occur at 5 P.M. sharp on the day, eastern time (2 P.M. Pacific time). A streaming audio version of the data will … [Read more...]
